ok i rotated my tires today and now im getting the flat tire warning

i had about 3 pounds less in the rear tires that are now on the front
and havnt changed the pressure

any thoughts?

 

Did you reset the monitor after rotating and adjusting pressure?

 

Yup, reset the sensor and you'll be fine.

 

gotcha

 

Just for future reference how do you reset the sensor

 

up up down down left right left right B A B select start
-Also gets you +50 lives in Contra

No seriously... Just use the display selection button; get into setup and then service something... You'll find it somewhere in the menus.

 

you also have to drive like .25miles and it will go off

 

This thread piqued my interest ... I asked the dealer at my one-year-service appointment in Sep what the recommended tire-rotation-schedule was, and he said that there IS NO recommended tire rotation by BMW -- which kinda sounded fishy to me ...

 

just found out when you go to get new rims you have to have the tmps sensor taken off the stock rims and installed on new rims

i have no clue how to or how difficult tis is but read it in the mini magazine

 

usually recommended to rotate the tires every 5k miles allows interval to check braking system....usual interval to check pressure is once a month...TPMS is very touchy, make sure your shop if not a BMW shop knows you have the TPMS so they don't screw them up. Usually $90 a corner from the shop and then the solid $75/hr to put them on....the TPMS goes around the valve stem on the interior rim and sends signals to the system on the pressure...basically you have a range..too high and too low and the light goes on....each tire make/model has a different specification for weight based on the pressure distributed x4...more up front than the rear engine and all......

but i'm sure that's way too much info...just need to reset the sensor, but you shouldn't have to now that I think about it....make sure to watch the system and check pressure once a week...if they knocked a sensor loose you might have the light on more consistently

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